Flue-cleaner.



T. E. BLAUVELT & L I. FOOSHEE.

FLuE CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22. I9l7.

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THOMAS ELSWORTH BLAUVELTVAN D JOHN JACKSON FOOSHEE, OF HURLEY, NEVIMEXICO.

FLUTE-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1918.

Application led March 22, 1917. Serial No. 156,713.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS E. BLAUVELT and JOHN JAcnsoN Foosrmn,citizens of the United States, residing at Hurley, in the county ofGrant and State of New Mexico, have invented certain useful Improvementsin Flue-Cleaners, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The invention relates to a flue cleaner.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a Hue cleanerwherein soot, ashes, dust or the like accumulated within a flue can bereadily and easily removed with despatch without possibility of theliying particles scattering or permeating the atmosphere, and alsoeliminating the soiling of the hands and the clothes of the user.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a flue cleaner ofthis character which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable andeflicient in use, readily and easily operable and inexpensive inmanufacture.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter set forth.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and the scope ofthe application of which will be indicated in the appended claim.

In vthe accompanying drawings Figure l is a fragmentary sectional viewthrough a ceiling with a flue in elevation, showing the cleanerconstructed in accordr lance with the invention applied;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the cleaner;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the scraper or wiper used with the fluecleaner.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings. Y

Referring to the drawings in detail,` A designates a portion of a fluewhich is, mounted in the ceiling of a room or inclosure in the ordinarywell known manner, with the end of the line protruded a distance beyondsaid ceiling for the attachment of a stove pipe to the flue, as usual.

The flue cleaner'comprises a thimble or sleeve 5 which is formed with astaff` 6 con'- stituting a handle, and which may be of any desiredlength for permitting the proper reach in the use of the cleaner, ashereinafter described.

Connected to and depending from the thimble or sleeve 5 is a tubi-formsack or bag 7 made from fabric, although it may be made from otherflexible material and constitutes a receiver for soot, ashes, dust orother like matter, the open end of the sack or bag 7 in this instancebeing formed with a easement 8 which receives the thimble or sleeve 5,and in this manner the latter reinforces the same so that it may betelescoped onto the protruded end of the line, although said sack or bagcan be otherwise mounted, and when carried by the thimble or sleeve andengaged on the flue will serve to catch the scrapings or wipings fromwithin the same for the cleaning of the flue, the handle being designedto permit the application of the flue cleaner to the flue when thelatter is in or beyond reach.

Formed in the body of the sack or bag 7 is a reinforced eyelet 9,through which slides the stem 10 of a wiper or scraper which is formedwith a ring-like head 1l at right angles to the stem 10, and upon thishead is adapted to be wrapped a suitable cloth, and on reciprocating thescraper or wiper the soot, ashes, dust or the like can be removed fromthe wall of the flue interiorly thereof and deposited or caught withinthe bag or sack, in this manner enabling the thorough cleaning df theflue with despatch without possibility of the scattering' of thescrapings or wipings or the permeating of the atmosphere therewith andthe soiling of the hands and clothes of the user of the cleaner.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the construction and manner of use of the hereindescribed flue cleaner will be readily apparent' and, therefore, a moreextended explanation has been omitted.

Having thus described our invention, we claim: c

A flue cleaner of the character described, including a receiving sack,the body of which is formed with an eyelet, the upper portion of thebody of the sack being folded inwardly upon itself, and secured to themain portion of the body to form a casement, a supporting thimblemounted within the easement and snugly engaged thereby and serving toreinforce the sack and hold i close relation to the thimble and the sackfor facilitating the telescoping of the thimble on the flue, thethilmble serving to hold the inner portion of the easement in closerelation to the flue, a scraping element disposed Within the sack and astem on the 10 scraping element projected through the eyelet.

In testimony whereof We aflx our signatures.

THOMAS ELSWORTH BLAUVELT. 'JOHN JACKSON FOOSHEE.

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